Essential Fracture Work of Short Fiber Reinforced Polymer Blends

Shing Chung Wong; Yiu Wing Mai

doi:10.1002/pen.11422

Essential Fracture Work of Short Fiber Reinforced Polymer Blends

Shing Chung Wong, Yiu Wing Mai

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Abstract

Short glass fiber reinforced (SGFR) PA6,6/PP blends with 20 wt% styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene triblock copolymers (SEBS) grafted with different levels of maleic anhydride (MA) were studied using both the essential work of fracture (EWF) and J-integral fracture toughness techniques. Good linearity was found between the plane strain specific fracture work, w_f, and the ligament length, l, in single-edge notched bend (SENB) specimens. The two fracture mechanics parameters were compared and there was good agreement between the J-integral fracture initiation toughness, J_IC, and the specific essential fracture work, w_Ie. The skin-core morphology characteristic of injection molded short fiber reinforced thermoplastics (SFRT) was also revealed using the EWF approach.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	356-364
Number of pages	9
Journal	Polymer Engineering and Science
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.11422
Publication status	Published - Feb 1999
Externally published	Yes

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Polymers and Plastics
Materials Chemistry

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